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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 22 January 1925, Page 7

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AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS

CONDITIONS SUIT ENGLISHMEN

by CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. Received Jan. 22, 12.35 p.m. SYDNEY, Jan. 22. The Herald, commenting on the cricket, says: “The wicket yesterday was at its worst when Australia batted, but was not by any means bad enough to account for the complete failure of the batsmen. Kellewav carried out liis bat after lie had made 22 out of the 39 runs scored for the last seven wickets. He was the only one to show any capacity for handling the conditions. He watched the hall with scrupuolus care, avoiding the more dangerous ones, and, wherever possible, lie looked for his runs by waiting for a short one to null and an over-tossed one to hit. The making of 22 runs in those circumstances carried as much pleasure to batsmen as many innings of three or four times its size made under favourable conditions.

The conditions of play suited to a nicety the left-handed bowlers of the English team, Woolley and Kilner. In these two the team has the finest exponents of the day of left-hand bowling on a rain-spoilt pitch. It was a fine performance for them to finish off so summarily the Australian innings, and one full of homely significance and suggestiveness. The wicket did not suit the Australian “bosie” bowler, since, although it allowed plenty oF break, this was counterbalanced by slow rise from pitch. It was an opportunity to show what the home bowlers would he like on a rain spoilt pitch, but it resulted in an impressive demonstration of the paucity of the slow left hand and medium-paced right hand quality of our howling. On*the whole the day’s play saw the Australians easily out-played, even after making every allowance- for havincLthe worst of the wicket, and the hofUnrs of the day undoubtedly belong to the Englishmen.

NO REPLY. PARKIN IS DISCREET. (Received Jan. 22, 1.15 p.m.) LONDON. Jan. 21. Parkin was present at the luncheon to the All Blacks. In an interview, he said he had. after careful consideration, decided not to reolv to Lord Hawke. It is learned that his cricketing friends have been advising Parkin on the subject.—Reuter.